Number of people employed/ contracted by council to provide specialist educational support services for traveller/gypsy children

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To whom it may concern,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my enquiry as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you would contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

Could the following information please be made available:

The number of people employed or contracted by the council to provide specialist educational support services for gypsy and traveller children for the years 2008, 2009 , 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you would confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Jasmin Gray

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Re: Your request for information concerning:

 

Specialist Education Support Services For Traveller / Gypsy Children

 

The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.

 

I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.

 

Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
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Customer Request Number:  18-08-80

 

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Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

Dear Jasmin

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

Request

 

The number of people employed or contracted by the council to provide
specialist educational support services for gypsy and traveller children
for the years 2008, 2009 , 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
2018.

 

Response

 

Since 2008 there has been one 0.4FTE member of staff employed to provide
specialist education support services for gypsy and traveller children.

 

I hope that the information provided proves useful. If however, you are
dissatisfied with our response to your request for information, you can
ask for the decision to be reviewed within 40 calendar days. A request for
review should be directed by email to
[Sunderland City Council request email], or by post to: Information
Governance Officer, Governance Services, Civic Centre, PO Box 100,
Sunderland SR2 7DN.

 

You are of course entitled to apply to the Information Commissioner at any
time, although the Commissioner will not usually investigate until the
public authority’s internal review procedure has been concluded.

 

Kind regards

 

Information Governance Team

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